water and fuel and in some cases medicine, waiting in freezing conditions for emergency rescue teams to respond. among those stranded were virginia u.s. senator tim kaine who had been on his way back to washington after the winter break. it's usually a two-hour drive. one of nbc's congressional reporters julie tsirkin took this photo of a very road weary tim kaine arriving at the capitol after 26 hours in his car, the senator selling julie, it was 26 hours and the only thing i ate was one orange and the only liquid i had was one 16-ounce dr pepper. virginia governor ralph northam writes all vehicles have been removed from i-95 and the interstate will open shortly but still telling people to avoid the road. hopefully by now all of the stranded drivers have been able to get themselves a warm meal and perhaps something a little stiff tore drink than a 16-ounce dr pepper. man. epper. man.